Unlock the power of team collaboration through Mindful Meetings
Are you tired of the excessive number of unproductive meetings at your workplace?
It’s time to transform how we meet.
The average office worker is spending between 18-22 hours in meetings per week, this means many of us are spending over 50% of our time at work in meetings. As a result, meetings shape the culture of workplace and have a direct impact on the wellbeing of people who attend them.
While there are many opportunities to streamline and reduce time spent in meetings, it is important to reflect on the quality and impact of how teams collaborate and spend time together.
At the heart of every meeting is the potential to elevate the employee experience at work to be more enjoyable and inclusive.
It’s time for leaders to be more intentional about meeting culture so that people can thrive in the workplace
Our vision at Mindful Meetings is to be a catalyst for a meeting revolution, it’s time to start thinking about meetings differently.
As an experienced facilitator with 20 years of implementing organisational change, I understand that changing familiar ways of working can be challenging at times. Especially when there is no time because of too many meetings in the diary.
Even making small changes to how you approach meetings will have a significant impact. So let’s get started.
Julia Baker, Founder of Mindful Meetings
Interested in working together?
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Coaching, Mentoring and 1:1 Support
I offer a range of coaching packages for leaders, facilitators and change makers to support individuals and teams to maximise their impact at work:
This work is often focused on:
Leadership coaching, for leaders of all levels who wish to transform ways of working and address issues with meeting culture.
Coaching for facilitators and change professionals who want to regain control over their diary, collaborate better with colleagues and/or develop their facilitation style to run enjoyable and impactful meetings/workshops.
Coaching to support professionals to who are finding that too many meetings are impacting productivity and wellbeing. Working towards strategies that will free up time in the diary and enable them to focus on the most important tasks.
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Meeting Design Service
Supporting you to design the meetings and workshops that really matter, so that you can get outcome needed from valuable time spent together.
This could be for an in person, online or hybrid event:
A conversation to understand the purpose of the event, who is attending and key outcomes you are seeking.
I work with you to design the meeting / workshop and provide documentation.
I will provide guidance and coaching so that you and/or your team members feel confident facilitating it.
After the event, we meet to reflect and learn. This builds confidence and skills for the next time you need to run a similar event.
If you require an external facilitator, I can also facilitate the event. This incurs additional cost.
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Corporate Offerings
Supporting leaders to be more intentional about meeting culture, I have a number of corporate offerings that are customised to suit the needs of your organisation.
This work includes:
Speaking at events to inform and inspire participants about better meeting practices.
Interactive workshops for teams.
Facilitation training, including effective use of collaboration tools like Mural and Miro
Consulting on ways of working, addressing issues with meeting culture and finding strategies to support the return to the physical office.
Please contact me to book time for a conversation so that we can establish what you need and if we are a good fit. If I can’t help you, I might know someone who can.
4 Hard Truths - Research
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Employee disengagement is costing UK businesses nearly £340 billion a year.
A recent study calculated the financial impact of employee disengagement, considering sick days, a decline in creativity and innovation, all of which have a direct impact on productivity.
The O.C Tanners 2023 Global Culture Report found that nearly half of UK workers are finding their work exhausting, with 40% feeling emotionally frustrated.
Source: FinTech Finance News (May 2023).
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The average employee spends 18 hours per week in meetings.
Time spent in meetings increases as management level and number of direct reports increases. Managers with at least 4 direct reports report an average of 22hrs per week in meetings.
Reducing unnecessary meeting attendance would not only reduce strain on employees and increase productivity, it would also help companies drastically cut costs.
Source: ’Report: The Cost of Unnecessary Meeting Attendance’
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Unnecessary meetings are a $100 million per year mistake for large companies.
Recent research found that reluctantly going to noncritical meetings wastes about $25,000 per employee annually, and projects out to $101 million a year for any organisation with more than 5,000 employees.
For companies of 100 people, cutting unnecessary meetings could save nearly $2.5M each year.
Source: Bloomberg Article ‘Useless Meetings Waste Time and $100 Million a Year for Big Companies’
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Global Annual Employee Engagement indicator is at 23%. Disengaged employees are costing the world $7.8 trillion in lost productivity.
Employee engagement is the involvement and enthusiasm of employees in both their work and workplace. While the % varies by country, it is clear that employee disengagement is a costly problem for many organisations.
